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Volume XXlll.—Number 29.
Woodworking Shop OHL G.
Brown Co. Lost
Early Tuesday Morning
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Firemen From Base'
And Edenton Fight |
Blaze Six Hours
One of Edenton’s most disastrous
fires in recent years occurred early
Tuesday morning when the wood
> working shop of the M. G. Brown
Company was totally destroyed and
with it two other warehouses, one
adjoining the building and the oth
er.across the railroad right of way.
In the warehouses was general
merchandise, practically all of
which was destroyed.
The fire was discovered about 1
o’clock by J. P. Ricks, Jr., who
heard a crackling noise and saw a
faint reflection of fire. He report
ed the fire to the Fire Department
at qbout the same time it was dis
covered by James Horton, who was
making his 1 o’clock round.
An appeal for help was sent to
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station and three fire fighting
trucks were dispatched to the scene,
which, with two from the Edenton
Fire Department battled the blaze
for over six hours.
There was little chance to save
the woodworking shop, but the fire
men were successful in preventing
the fire from spreading to the
planing mill, other warehouses and |
the home of Mrs. M. G. Brown, j
However, the latter was damaged
to some extent by being scorched
on the side facing the fire. A
number of trees in the yard end
some shrubbery also burned.
The origin of the fire, which
started near the center of the
woodworking shop, is a mystery.
Gurney Hobbs, foreman of
shop, said a’l of.'the <electricky ex*
eept the maffrlifeht sWKch had been
turned off at quitting time Monday"
night. The fire spread rapidly and
its reflection in the sky could be
seen for many miles, so that a
large number of people, many at
tired in night clothes, got as close
to the fire as possible. Fire hose
crossed Highway 17, so that traf
fic was halted or was forced to de
tour for several hours.
C. 0. Letcher, general manager
of the concern, was reluctant to es
timafe the damage done until an
inventory can be completed, but es
timates ranged as high as SIOO,OOO.
The loss was covered by insurance.
Two persons were injured while
helping to fight the fire. Gurney
Continued on Page S —Section I.
Edenton Marine Is
Injured In Crash
Plane Drops In Neuse
River While on
Search
Marine Ist Lieut. Erich Kilmer
of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary
Air Station was transferred to
Portsmouth Naval Hospital last
Friday morning for treatment of
injuries suffered in an airplane
crash on Thursday morning of last
week.
lieutenant Kilmer, a member of
Marine Attack. Squadron 211, was
flying an AD4 Douglas "Skyraider”
which crashed into the Neuse River
East of Cherry point. There were
no passengers and cause of the ac
cident has net been determined.
The Marine pilot was participat
ing in an intensive Search for two
missing jet aircraft and their pi
lots from the Oceana Naval Air
Station. Cmdr. Cheater W. Gates,
Jr., and Lt. (j.g.) William M. Aus
tin disappeared after take off from
the Odeana base Tuesday morning.
A helicopter picked up the down
ed pilot and Lt, -Kilmer was taken
to sick bay at Edenton. re
mained at Edenton Thursday night
and was transferred to Portsmouth
last Friday morning. .
Lieutenant Kilmer is married and
has no children. Hfc and his wife,
'Kara Kilmer, itvd oh Broad Street
in Edenton. . . ' / * ]
Parents of the hi}ured pilot are
Mr. and Mrs. WHliam F, Kilmer of
MU South State Si reet, Wester-:
ville Ohio.
THEXHOWAN HERALD
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Chowan County Has Bought
135 Per Cent Os Savings Bonds
Quota Thus Far This Year
Harless Reports Series
E Bonds Growing In
Popularity
U. S. Savings bonds sales in Cho-,
‘ wan County so far this year
amount to $70,656.26, according to
A. B. Harless, local volunteer sav
ings bonds chairman. This amount
represents 35 per cent of the an
nual county quota.
Mr. Harless reports that Series
“E” bonds continue to show growth
in popularity across North Caro
lina.
Last month “E” bonds sales to
taled $3,118,648.75, a 3 per cent
rise over June 1955. For the 6
months’ period ending in June, !
sales were $21,977,635, a 2.2 per
cent increase over the same period
last year.
While the “E” bond sales have
increased, the Series “H” invest
ment bond which ranges in size
from SSOO to $20,000 showed a drop
as compared to the past 6 months
of last year.
The combined sales of Series “E”
and "H” bonds totaled $3,961,648.75
which showed a drop of 5.2 per cent
last month as compared to June
1955. For January-June period
combined E and H sales totaled
$27,793,635, which is 44.3 per cent
of its annual quota of $62,700,000.
Itansal MMeik
Banquet Will Be
Held Friday Night
Great Sachem D. Reid
Wallace Principal
Speaker
Plans have been completed for
the annual banquet of Chowan j
Tribe No. 12, Improved Order of
Red Men which will be held in the
American Legion hut Friday night,
July 20, beginning at 7 o’clock.
Wives of Red Men and members
of the Degree of Pocahontas have
been invited as special guests, so
that in the neighborhood of 200
are expected to be present.
A feature of the banquet will be
an address by D. Reid Wallace of
Bessemer City, who is now serving
a term as Great Sachem of Red'
Men in North Carolina.
Dress for the occasion will be in
formal. f
Study Is Made Os Marketing
Eggs Profitably In Chowan
Purpose of Survey Is
Two-fold Says C. W.
Overman
An egg marketing study was
made in Chowan County last week,
according to County Agent C. W.
Overman. Egg producers in gen
eral appear to he finding good mar
kets for their eggs.
The purpose of this survey was
two-fold. First, to determine how
producers are marketing their eggs
in view of any suggested improve
ments that might be made. Sec
onds to determine whether organis
ed marketing would improve the
situation and give producers a lit
tle higher net return for theii eggs.
The survey was made by t)r. Clay
ton Liebeau, Extension. Poultry
Marketing Specialist and County
Agent C. W. Overman.
Many producers have regular re
tail customers. Some of the eggs
move to customers such as hotels,
restaurants, and others where the
producer gets approximately five
cents per dosen under the regular
retail price but better than the
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I*- Briton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 19,1956.
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| Still In Business
Despite the disastrous fire early
Tuesday morning at the M. G.
Brown Company, which totally des
troyed the woodworking shop, busi
ness will continue as usual. The
concern plans to rebuild the wood
working shop as soon as possible.
In the meantime merchandise
destroyed will be immediately re
stocked. One of the warehouses
housing a great deal of merchan
dise, was not affected by the fire
and a. full line of lumber is still
available, so that the concern will
be able to service most of the or
l ders received.
T7 BT Williford Is
New Tail Twister Os
Edenton Lions Club
Will Succeed West By
rum, Jr., Who Has
Resigned
By action of the Board of Direc
tors Monday night T. B. Williford
was named tail twister to succeed
West Byrurp, Jr., who. resigned.
* At the Mohday night - meeting
Norman Leonard was presented the
Certificate of Membership. Dur
ing the presentation, best wishes
on behalf of the club were present
ed on his move to Fayetteville.
C. ,N. Nor-
Proceeds from the bread sale net
ted the club $172, which is some
higher than announced at the close
of the sale last Monday night, due
to some late donations.
The ease of a local blind person
was brought to the attention of the
j club by A1 Phillips. This man is
| quite skillful in the art of caning
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Cub Scout Leaders
Will Meet July 24th
Adult leaders of Cub Scout Pack
159 will meet Tuesday night, July
24, at 7:30 o’clock at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Harrell in
Edenton.
The Cub Scouters will complete
arrangements for the regular
monthly Pack meeting, scheduled
for July 31, and will make plan?
for August activities.
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wholesale purchase of eggs. Sev
eal cases of eggs each week are
moving to hucksters and the pres
ent prevailing price appears to be
40 cents per dozen.
The present price of eggs paid
by hucksters averages about the
same as prices paid by organized
receiving stations in other areas.
Therefore, under the present mar
ket conditions it appears that egg
producers are getting a fair price
for their eggs as compared with
other areas.
In talking with one huckster, it
was found that possibly the huck
ster is not making a very large
profit. He explained that it is ne
cessary tp go through and handle
each egg individually that he buys
each week. In many instances the
producers have not properly clean
ed the eggs and the huckster has
this job to perform. He said that
on an average he has to discard 10
to 12 dozen eggs per week because
of. cracked shells. He hasn’t been
able to find a tnarkfet for cracked
eggs. Therefore, they are prac
tically a total loss. This is based i
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New Commander At Edenton NAAS
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Pictured above during change of command ceremonies held at
e the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station Friday are Col. Hamilton
Lawrence (left) and Col. F. H. Collins (right). Colonel Lawrence
! was relieved as commanding officer of the Marine Base by Colonel
Collins.—(Official Marine Corps Photo).
1 ABC Officers Ruin
; Fifty Gallon Still
f.ln Chowan County
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1 1 Citizens Urged to Re
port Any Known
Illicit Stills
ABC officers found and destroy
ed an illicit still Wednesday after
noon of last week in che Cowpen j
- Neck section of Chowan County.|
1 The still, apparently recently con
-1 structed, was found along' Rocky
Hock Creek and was an outfit of.
jj BO gallon T,hc stilj.
» with 100 gallons of maslr'and 10
- gallons of non-tax-paid whiskey,
;' was destroyed, but no arrests were
. made.
The still was discovered by Troy
Toppin, Chowan County ABC offi
cer, who was assisted in its de
' struetion by M. R. Harshaw, F. T
; j Woolard and P. H. Blettner of the 1
; j Elizabeth City Alcohol Tax Unit, I
land Deputy Sheriff Woodrow
i White of Gates County.
‘ ABC officials point out the fact
> that operation of stills is. not only
• a violation of the law, but at the
same time operators are cheating
both the federal and state govern
ments out of revenue. They also
point out that it is the duty of all
law-abiding citizens to report any
known still operations which can,
be done by notifying ABC Officer
. Troy Toppin or can be done by let
ter, addressing it to P. 0. Box 467
at the Edenton Post Office.
Methodist Men's j
Club Meets July 26
Kenneth Ball of Char
lotte Will Be Princi
pal Speaker
Kenneth Ball of the Wells Agen
cies of Charlotte, a church survey
group, will be guest speaker at a
meeting of the Methodist Men’s
Club which will be held at the
I church Thursday evening, July 26,
! at 6:30 o’clock.
I Mr.. Ball will arrive in Edenton
■ about noon for the purpose of hold
■ ing discussions with the Rev. Earl
I Richardson, pastor of the church,
1 and other church leaders. On the
i basis of these conversations Mr.
Ball will point out ways in which
; the church may improve in the
area of stewardship.
This program is announced by
John A. Holmes, new chairman of
i the official board of the church
i and program chairman of the Men’s
i Club. All members of the club are
• especially requested to attend the
meeting.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of Una
nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., & A. M.,
wiH he held tonight (Thursday) at
8 o’clock. Ernest Kehayes, master
| of the lodge, urges a full attend
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[cmc calendar]
Adult leaders of Cub Scout Pack
No. 159, will meet .Tuesday night,
’ July 24, at 7:30 o’clock at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Harrell.
A public hearing will be held in
[the Court House at Windsor Sat
urday afternoon, August 18, at 2
o’clock to consider regulations as
■ feeting commercial fishing in Roa
noke and Chowan, Rivers and Albe
marle Sound.
The Methodist .Men’s Club will
meet Thursday evening, July 26, at
6:30 o’clock at the church. The
principal speaker will be Kenneth
Ball of Charlotte, a representative,
of the Wells Agencies.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will |
j hold its annual banquet Friday
I night, July 20, at 7 o’clock in the
American Legion hut.
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.,
& A. M, will hold a stated com
munication tonight (Thursday) at
8 o’clock.
Cub Scouts will enjoy a water
melon cutting Tuesday night, July
31, as a climax of the month’s
theme “Cub Scout Regatta”.
VFW Auxiliary of William H.
, Coffield. Jr, Post No. 9280. will
meet in the VFW’ .home tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 j
o'clock in the Parish House.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
! meet Monday night at 8 o’clock. |
I Dog and bicycle licenses must be
purchased before July 31.
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Close Race In City
Soft Ball League
WCDJ Trailing’ Clod
hoppers By Only
89 Points
As of Tuesday of this week the
Clodhoppers held a slight lead in
the City Softball League with five
victories and two losses. They
were trailed by WCDJ with five
wins and three defeats, a matter
of only 89 percentage points.
The National Guard team was
in third place with a 3-2 record
and percentage of .600. Close on
their heels was the Varsity Club
with a 4-3 record and a percent
age of .571. The Red Men are
next to the cellar with a 3-4 rec
ord and a percentage of .429. The
Jaycees. having lost all six of the
games played, occupy the cellar po-i
sition.
A game is scheduled for tonight
(Thursday) between the Clodhop-1
pers and the National Guard. On
Friday night two games are sched
uled, the. first between the Clod
hoppers and Varsitv Club, and the
second game will he between the
Red Men and Javoces
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!i Boy Scouts Return
From Week’s Gamp
In Mountains Os Va.
Boys Obliged to Ex
perience Scouting In
The Rough
Forty Edenton Boy Scouts and
three Scout leaders returned home
late Saturday afternoon after
Spending a week camping at Lake
I Sherando, near Waynesboro, Va.
I During the w T eek’s outing the
j Scouts were on their own, being
1 obliged to do their own cooking and
housekeeping, somewhat different
from their previous camping trips
at Camp Darden. The experience
was new to some of the hoys and
provided the sort of train ng essen
tial'to development of good Scout
ing.
During the week classes were
conducted in swimming, life sav
ing, Scoutcraft, cookery and a full
schedule of recreation.
The list of boys who attended
camp included the following:
Tommy Kehayes. Jack Overman,
Donald Welch, Arthur White, Le-!
roy Spivey, Bill Harry, Paul Twid-1
dy, Ashby Tarkington. Billy Dail,'
Jimmy Dail, Douglas Ward, Curtis |
, Twiddy, Ronnie Turner, Billy Keet
er, R. B. Keeter, Jack Ashley, Fred
Britton, Wayne Baker, Bill Cates,
Dick Goodwin, Warren Elliott, Joe
Campen, Clyde Cobb, Frank Wil
. Hams, Robert White, Roland
! Vaughan, Erwin Griffin, Clayton
Letcher, Brad Williford, Bryant
■ White, Billy Bolanar, Jimmy White,
t Alex Kehayes, Joel Reynolds,
, 1 Dicky Hobowsky, Boots Lassiter,
» Calvin Foxwell, Billy White, Dal
las Stallings, Bill Goodwin,
i The boys were accompanied by
- j Scoutmaster Jack Habit, and Hor
-1 ace White and Sgt. C. O. Turner,
- Scout leaders.
; i Meeting Scheduled
To Consider Fishing
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(Regulations Aug. 18
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. Hearing Will Be Held
In Windsor Court
House
1 Announcement is made by the,
Board of Conservation and Devel-'
' opment that a public hearing will j
r be held in the court room at the •
* Court House in Windsor Saturday |
afternoon, August 18. at 2 o’clock.
The purpose of this meeting is to
I consider regulations affecting con
t ventional fishing in Roanoke and
Chowan Rivers and Albemarle
: Sound.
j Proponents and opponents of any
I proposal in regard to any changes'
I in existing regulations will be giv- |
!en an opportunity to be heard at
! the meeting.
County AgentC.W. Overman!
Talks Farming To Rotarians
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_ I pis npr arrp when it should have
Says Farmers Can In-!
crease Income An
other Million
County Agent C. W. Overman
, was the principal speaker at last
) week’s Rotary meeting, at which
, time he presented pertinent facts
’ relating to agriculture in Chowan I
County. Mr. Overman stated that'
„ Chowan farmers could increase j
their gross income by about a mil
, lion dollars if they would do the
I job they are able and should do.
t Mr. Overman paid tribute to the
( farm families in the county as be
ing as fine a group of people as can
, be found anywhere, but that it is
a problem to impress upon them
; the importance of producing more :
' of their home food supply. j
Citing figures, Mr. Overman said 1
farm income in the county in 1954
t amounted to a little over $3,750,-
. j 000, of which over two million del
,, lars went for expenses, leaving a
net income of over $1,750,000,
In 1954 the county averaged 2,-
> 007 pounds of peanuts per acre but
: this figure could' be boosted, he
said Corn averaged onlv 30 bush- I
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l&OOPer Year In North Carolina
i! Command Changes
•'Friday At Edenton
Naval Air Station
20 Years Ago
I As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
John Graham, C. E. Kramer and
Earl Goodwin were appointed on a
committee by the Edenton Rotary
Club to investigate the possibility
| of providing bathing facilities for
f the youngsters of Edenton.
Eighty-two children enrolled in a
, swimming course at the U. S. Fish
I Hatchery sponsored by the Chowan
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross.
Town Council leased an acre of
, land on Hicks Field to A. M. Fore
hand for 10 years at a rate of $lO
per year for the erection of a ware
house.
Upon complaint Town Council,
authorized dangerous trees to be]
removed in front of the residences i
of John C. Badham, John C. Bond|
and W. A. Everett.
I
Jim Henry Bowen was painfully
. injured when he fell from a scaf
fold at the Northcott Building.
John G. Wood was elected presi
dent of the Edenton Cotton Mill.
Edenton won first half in Bertie-
Chow an League, including Edenton,
Perrytown, Lewiston and Windsor.
Boy Scouts started drive for final
S2OO reeded to send the Scouts to
i camp at Atlantic Beach.
J. H. Holmes Company held its
34th annual pre-inventory sale.
Caroline White, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, John F. White, celebrated
her third birthday.
Postmaster C. E. Kramer re
ported the highest postal receipts
since the peak quarter during the
year 1929.
[ Red Men Speaker j
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D. REID WALLACE
At the annual banquet of Cho
wan Tribe of Red Men Friday night
in the Legion hut D. Reid Wallace
I of Bessemer City. Great Sachem of
Red Mer, in North Carolina, will
be the principal speaker.
| els per acre when it should have
• been 50 bushels, and soybeans av
-1 eraged only 20 bushels per acre,
which should have been at least 30
bushels.
Mr. Overman pointed out that
463 pounds of lint cotton per acre
and an average of 1.439 pounds of
tobacco per acre isn’t so bad. but
i that the livestock situation is seri
| ous. He said bag raisers could re
! alize at least $300,000 more per
j year if they would use proper hous
ing, better management and good
broad sows to bring the average
litter up to seven.
Other interesting data presented
by Mr. Overman included the fol
lowing:
Chowan County has 895 farms of
which 419 have no garden, 171 have
i no hogs, 634 have no fruit trees or
j grape vines, 739 no milk cows and
254 no poultry.
Mr. Overman pointed out that
a 5 to 10-year program has been
launched in an effort t 6 improve
farm income which emphasizes
-more production of the farm fami
ly food supply. He asked, the Ro--
tarians to use all of their possible
influence in urging farmer friends
I to join the long term program.
SLOW
DOWN
AND LIVE!
I Col. F. H. Collins Suo
j ceeds Col. Hamilton
Lawrence
Change of command ceremonies
' were held last Friday morning at
1 the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
' Station. A review and parade
marked the relief of Col. Hamilton
r Lawrence by Col. F. H. Collins as
Commanding Officer of the Marine *
1 Base.
1 Officers and men of Marine Air
' craft Group 14, commanded by Col.
1 L. K. Davis, participated in the
ceremonies with personnel of the
Station command.
Colonel Lawrence is scheduled to
report for duty with the First Ma
rine Aircraft Wing in the Orient.
Colonel Collins arrived at Eden-
I ton on Wednesday with his wife,
! j the former Miss Kathleen Pain of
't Sidney, Australia. Colonel and
] Mrs. Collins will reside at 901 Ca
barrus Street in Edenton.
This will be the second tour at
Edenton for Colonel Collins, who
was commanding officer of a medi
i um bomber squadron here in 1944.
The new Station CO has been as
signed to various bases in North
1 Carolina during his 17 years in the
| Marine Corps.
Colonel Collins graduated from
the Naval War College at Newport,
R. 1., prior to reporting to Eden
ton last week. Previously, he was
Commanding Officer of Marine
Aircraft Group 35 at Cherry Point. '££
Colonel Collins was graduated in $3
1939 by the University of Maine gp
with a Bachelor of Science degrea *9
in mechanical engineering. He re
ceived his commission as a secer.d
lieutenant in the Marine Corps im
mediately and won pilot’s wings at
Pcnsncoltf. Fla., three years later.
During World War 11, the new
Station CO served in the Sou f ’";
Pacific for 22 months and on Oki
nawa and in China for 10 months.
He was stationed in Korea for 13
months. Decorations and awards
which Colonel Collins holds include
two Distinguished Flying Crosses,
eight Air Medals, a Personal Com
mendation and many others.
Parents of the Colonel are Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Collins, who live at
10 Kavanaugh Place. Bar Harbor,
Maine.
Coach Ben £ Perry
Goes To Lumberton
Succeeds Geo. Thomp
son, Another Former
Edenton Coach
Friends in Edenton will be in
terested to learn that Ben E. Per
j ry. former football coach at the
| Edenton Junior-Senior High School,
j has accepted a coaching position
lat Lumberton High School.
Mr. Perry, now coach at Fuquav
Springs, will succeed George
Thompson, another former Eden
ton coach, who has resigned to be
come assistant football coach at
Davidson College.
Wflile at Fuquay r Springs Mr.
Perry won the Wake County cham
pionship.
Edenton
At ECC Music Camp
Five Edenton youngsters left
Sunday to attend the two weeks
music camp being held at East Car
olina College at Greenville. In the
group were Leigh Dobson. Brenda
1 Mooney. Linda Leary, Sandra
Boyce and Eddie George.
Three of the group, Leigh Dob
son. Brenda Mooneye and Linda
1 Leary are enrolled in the majorette
' school, while Sandra Boy-ce and Ed-
I die George are enrolled in the band
clinic. n
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DISTRICT VFW MEETING TO
BE HELD SUNBURY SUNDAY!®
Announcement is made
VFW District meeting will be hebiJfl
in Sunhury next. Sunday, July 22. B
■ All Posts and Auxiliaries in tho Bj
! First District are expected to be JH
’ represented at ihe meeting jj mm